How to Fix Badly Spaced Characters in PowerPoint

25 January 2017

This tutorial will show you how to fix these problems:

Note: I'm using PowerPoint 2010 in Windows 10. But basically it works in previous (or maybe future) PP / Windows version.

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This video will show you how to fix bad spacing between characters in power point like this..
As you can see, the distances between characters look weird and uneven... Even it looks bad in this part
The cause of this problem is the bad printer driver. Yeah I know what’s in your mind, what is the connection between printer driver with the power point. I don’t know how to explain it, but that is the problem.

Let’s try to fix it. First let’s close the PowerPoint then we crate a “fake printer”, just to make sure this problem is caused by printer driver. It’s only for a test; you won’t use this printer for actual printing.
We open device manager.. I’m using windows 10. If you use another windows version, it might be a little bit different way to open device manager.
In windows 10, click the search button then type device manager. Click "Action" > "Add legacy hardware" > click Next > Install the hardware that I manually select from a list > next > click Printers > next > use an existing port > choose LPT1 or: FILE (print to File) > Next > choose the brand and type, anything, it doesn’t matter > next > type a name, for example "Dummy Printer" > Next > do not share this printer > thick “Set as the default printer" > Finish.

Now, let’s see if this way solved the problem
As you can see, now it looks OK… It confirms that the problem is caused by the printer driver.
But… if it still looks messy, then it means this problem is caused by another thing.

However.. If after you use dummy printer as default printer solved your problem, then it means you need to update your real printer driver.
If you already update the driver but the problem still exist, then it means the power point is not compatible with your printer.
As in my case, I use Epson LX-310, I already update the driver, but the problem still remains.
Let me show you in this video. I will revert Epson LX-310 as my default printer.

To set default printer, open Printers & Devices or Printers & Faxes in older windows, in Windows 10 click search > type printers > click device & printers > right click at the printer name > click set as default printer
Now let’s see how it looks when I use Epson LX-310……. it looks bad
If this is the case, then we just have to use the “Dummy Printer” as our default printer.

Anyway, if you can see FAX or Microsoft Print to PDF in this menu, then you can use this as a default printer instead, without have to create a dummy printer as in the beginning of the video.
Let’s try it. I will choose Microsoft Print to PDF > right click > set as default
Open the power point… now you can see it’s back to normal again
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